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David K
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See you tomorrow Dave... I am ready to go do some irrigation, then come home and load the Tacoma up!
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elbeau
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'My travels in Baja California bring many things to mind. The long horseback rides over miles of untraveled country, the lovely wild flowers after a
rain, the strange cacti and trees to study, the rattlesnakes to make excitement, the gold, silver, copper, and onyx mines to learn about, the desert
winds, the wild surf and cool sea breezes to enjoy. One would look up at the golden moon and wonder about all that is good, getting nearer to God and
to nature and knowing there are many things which make one glad to be alive. The poet Rudyard Kipling perhaps said it best:
"Something hidden, go and find it.
Go and look behind the ranges
Something lost behind the ranges
Lost and waiting for you -- Go!" '
-Margaret Brown Baldwin, MEMORIES OF EARLY DAYS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
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David K
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Truck all loaded, Vern ('El Vergel') arrived this afternoon, great Mexican dinner and now a good night rest... We leave in the morning... Baja bound!
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ddawson
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Awesome, take a lot of pics!
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
Im ready, gear is all pull apart from storage..will pack tomorrow afternoon...
DK are we taking the BLV 2000..to Popotla |
Doesn't matter to me... I will leave that up to El Vergel... we miss two toll gates that way, or if we stay on the free road all the way to Ensenada,
no tolls!
Can you Dodge make it to El Rosario on one tank of gas (225 miles from border)? Will you want to top off at Cantamar (south of the border area higher
price zone) or will your tank be topped in Chula Vista? |
I will top it off in National City, and I think I
can make to El Rosario,if not I can get some in Sam quintin..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BAJACAT
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Well, @ this time Im just waiting for DK to call me and we are off to search for the elusive mission... I hope we can find the missionary gold so I
can buy Mariz 06 Rubicon jeep ... .
Just getting ready to have breakfast with my wife,with my kids in school,I will have to do this trip solo, this will be my second trip solo in more
than 25 years...
I will be back with pictures and report..(if we find the gold no pictures or report:lol ..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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David K
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Buenos Dias amigos!!
We should be on the road in 30 min. or less... but no rush no hury (no worry)...
Jose, I will call you when we are on the road... Naturally, there is morning traffic to deal with southbound. Woopie!!
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bajajeffrey
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I gota know???
What did you find
This wait is killing me..POST!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajeffrey
I gota know???
What did you find
This wait is killing me..POST! |
i don't think they are back.
they chose a hot weather time to go. probably got no further than 100 yards from car before quitting to go back to car and drink in the shade,...
or, if they soldiered on thru the heat, perhaps they found the temple, with palm pool grottos and lost tribe of virgins (amazons, or so they say),...
and they are still kicking themselves for having forgot the viagra at home!
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elbeau
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajeffrey
I gota know???
What did you find
This wait is killing me..POST! |
On TW's trip, DK called me as soon as he heard anything. I agree, they probably aren't back yet.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elbeau
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajeffrey
I gota know???
What did you find
This wait is killing me..POST! |
On TW's trip, DK called me as soon as he heard anything. I agree, they probably aren't back yet. |
BACK!!!
and all I can say is WOW!!!
and maybe also say it was FANTASTIC!!! 
Look for reports coming soon... bajalou, dtbushpilot, XRPhil..., TW and Bill, BajaCat, El Vegel and I had a blast.
No sign of Ken Cooke and the Jeepers, however!
As we were questioned by border gaurd tonight he told us that Osama was caught... that was at 8:05pm, Tecate, Sunday night...
Anyway, I am exhausted... 10+ mile walk will do that in a desert sand arroyo!
bajalou discovered his quad trailer needed welding in El Rosario this afternoon about 2 pm.
More coming...
Lost Mission...? WOW! 
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
No sign of Ken Cooke and the Jeepers, however!
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David K
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I don't remember seeing any Jeep in my lane almost missing a head-on... sorry. BajaCat was behind me, and also never saw Ken's Jeep... No group of
motorcycle riders, either... sorry!
We had a nice drive south talking and listening to satellite radio... At Arroyo El Volcan, we were wondering if Ken and the others would show up...
but it didn't surprise anyone when he didn't... We figured Mision Santa Maria would have been enough... (I wonder if he even made it in there?).
So, of the three of us southbound, nobody saw Ken northbound. I don't doubt he saw us, as we would have been near Colonet about that time... I think
we arrived in El Rosario around 2:30 Friday.
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elbeau
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
BACK!!!
and all I can say is WOW!!!
and maybe also say it was FANTASTIC!!!
Look for reports coming soon... bajalou, dtbushpilot, XRPhil..., TW and Bill, BajaCat, El Vegel and I had a blast.
No sign of Ken Cooke and the Jeepers, however!
As we were questioned by border gaurd tonight he told us that Osama was caught... that was at 8:05pm, Tecate, Sunday night...
Anyway, I am exhausted... 10+ mile walk will do that in a desert sand arroyo!
bajalou discovered his quad trailer needed welding in El Rosario this afternoon about 2 pm.
More coming...
Lost Mission...? WOW! |
Awesome, I'm glad you had a great time.
...any chance of a little more detailed description of the trip soon? 
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dtbushpilot
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I, for one am working on my trip report. A report on an event of this magnitude can't be rushed. The stories that the participants of this adventure
chronicle will no doubt be included in books of Baja lore for generations to come.
I encourage all the members of the lost mission quest to do their best to be honest about what we found and how we found it......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I, for one am working on my trip report. A report on an event of this magnitude can't be rushed. The stories that the participants of this adventure
chronicle will no doubt be included in books of Baja lore for generations to come.
I encourage all the members of the lost mission quest to do their best to be honest about what we found and how we found it......dt
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What he said!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elbeau
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
BACK!!!
and all I can say is WOW!!!
and maybe also say it was FANTASTIC!!!
Look for reports coming soon... bajalou, dtbushpilot, XRPhil..., TW and Bill, BajaCat, El Vegel and I had a blast.
No sign of Ken Cooke and the Jeepers, however!
As we were questioned by border gaurd tonight he told us that Osama was caught... that was at 8:05pm, Tecate, Sunday night...
Anyway, I am exhausted... 10+ mile walk will do that in a desert sand arroyo!
bajalou discovered his quad trailer needed welding in El Rosario this afternoon about 2 pm.
More coming...
Lost Mission...? WOW! |
Awesome, I'm glad you had a great time.
...any chance of a little more detailed description of the trip soon?
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Soon Beau, soon... and I did stand right on the very site... climbing the rocks to it, and across the ravine from it as well.
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elbeau
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Soon Beau, soon... and I did stand right on the very site... climbing the rocks to it, and across the ravine from it as well. |
Sounds great. Thank you all again for making the trip. I'll watch for your reports and stop pestering you to hurry. 
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David K
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I think due to the volume of photos, video clips and stories to tell, I will post the trip report in the Trip Reports Forum (with a link here to find
it easily)...
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Brian L
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So, you guys can't take 5 minutes and give the Reader's Digest version?
Brian
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